When Did You Last See Your Father?

When Did You Last See Your Father? tells about a man who is struggling to deal with his dying father, a father who he has been angry with most of his life. The movie is autobiographical and based on writer Blake Morrison’s real life resentment toward his own father. The adult Blake is played by Colin Firth and his father is played by Jim Broadbent. Both are great actors and do not disappoint in this film, but the younger Blake played by Matthew Beard attracted my attention the most. I think he will be a young actor to watch. Overall the movie is interesting and gets you thinking about things one doesn’t necessarily want to think about like our parents mortality, but it is also slow and not as interesting, say, as The Savages, which is also about dealing with a dying father.